After Hurricane Sandy: Relief, Rebuilding and Climate Change

Hurricane Sandy has plowed through the Northeast United States, killing dozens of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. People are working together to pick up the pieces through mutual aid and solidarity. We list here some of the ways you can get involved with relief and rebuilding. The hard works starts after the hurricane parties and disaster porn.

Hurricane Sandy was also an example of the "new normal" of life during rapid climate change. We also share some links to people writing about that crisis.

Relief Efforts - Sunday, November 18

• Volunteers cleaned out houses on Staten Island on Saturday.
• Tetanus shots available at Occupy Sandy hub on Staten Island

Occupy Sandy Relief NYC

Occupy Sandy Relief - New Jersey

Occupy Sandy Relief - South Jersey

Food Not Bombs Hurricane Sandy Relief Program

CAAAV - Organizing Asian Communities

Occupy Judaism

Occupy gets rolling in Sandy disaster relief; Far Rockaway & Staten Island in a messy situation; #hurricanehackers Sandy Crisis Camps this weekend

Occupy Sandy relief steps up: OWS continues anarchist tradition of mutual aid efforts in the storm's wake

• Occupy needs volunteer coordinators - anyone who think they will be with us for 2-3 days - but also those with less time over long haul. (source: Facebook)

Neighborhoods

Lower East Side - (646) 580-7473

Astoria - (347) 669-4394

Red Hook - (347) 464-9269

Staten Island - (347) 934-9927

News

Helping Hands Also Expose a New York Divide

Rent strike threat after deaths at storm-ravaged New York housing complex

Occupy Sandy spearheads Rockaway med center

Unions Begin Supporting Occupy Sandy NJ Relief Effort

The American Red Cross, Occupy Sandy and Americans Helping Each Other

Occupy Sandy Emerges As Relief Organization For 21st Century, Mastering Social Networks

Occupy Sandy makes it easy to give to victims of hurricane

After Sandy, thousands left to freeze in public housing

Occupy Wall Street Leading Massive, Volunteer-Powered Recovery Efforts in New York

Sandy’s Devastating Impact to Hudson River Includes Widespread Toxic Spills

The Hideous Inequality Exposed by Hurricane Sandy

Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines

Opinion and Analysis

Shock Doctrine, American-Style: Hurricane Sandy Devastation Used to Push for Sale of Public Infrastructure to Investors

There’s no such thing as a natural disaster

Technology Response and Infrastructure

Twitter hashtags: #HurricaneHackers

Brooklyn Tech is again taking volunteers (South Elliot b/t Lafayette and Dekalb). (source: Occupy Judaism)

Sandy CrisisCamp

Caitria and Morgan O’Neill: How to step up in the face of disaster - Excellent TED talk about managing information after a natural disaster.

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